Price exhibitor



L. S. HODGDON. PRICE EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAILU, |922.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922'.

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2do marks for goods to which` itis applied.- The Patented Nov.145119.22.

i l Lewis's.nonsnoir,`orniiiiefoniivrniivnff ,rnicln'nxiiinironjAppnatimmd January 27, 1922.# seal. N, 32,0851 l' .To all whom t maycon-Gera."

Be it known that I.' Lnwrs Silflonsnoii1 a citizen of the UnitedStatesf-and resident of Bangor, county ofPenobscot, State ofli/Iaiiie`7l have inventedA an improvement in Price Exhibitors7 ofAwhich they followingv pal'object of the yinvention is to provide a priceexhibitor or thellike that/maybe cheaply manufactured and being. capable4of selective yadjustment quickly and easily to exhibit any one of awide rangev of price foregoing and'other objects and advantages of theinvention' will more fully appear from the' following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and thedistinctive features of novelty claims. l

Referring to the drawings t Fig. 1 is an elevation of a* price exhibitorembodying the invention;

l but showing the device mounted on a special y Fig. 2 is an edge viewthereof;

' Fig. 3 is an elevation similar to Figure 1 base and holderco-operative therewith;

` Fig. 4 is an end view of the device as assembledin Figure 3; i Fig. 5is a transverse ly enlarged scale; and

section on a relative- Fig. 6 is a detail elevation ofan elbow shuttereinployedwith the invention.

10 indicates la housing -or body of sheet material. of a relativelydeep; U-shape with parallel fiat sides. This housing may be made ofcardboard or the like crit may be made of other more durable materialsuch as metal. One side of this housing of which may be considered itsback is extended upward a substantialdistance ,l above its front side asindicated' at 10a. This house f ing is of a length to permit thepivoting therein of a number offsets of cards or slips corresponding tothe number of figures in dollars and cents which it is desired thedevice shall be capable of exhibiting. As illustratively shown four. ofthese columns inwill be pointed. outfin.v theappended v.dica'tted `at"1:1"ar`e1 provided; each .consistingl l' .preferably often lcards markedv'with figures running froinQrto-S); Eachoflthesesetsoff cards aresuitably. pivoted'l attlieirtOps'to 60 l l the ba'ckfofwthe housing7this being'Qaccoui-f. y plished as shownb'y eyelets 12 suitably headf"f.

Ied to hold thecardsfin plate.V These eyelets i l ydonotextendthrouglrthefront 'siderlOb Aof f the housing whichis thus4capable offbeing 65 yieldingl-y pressedoutwardfto va "greater jorlessextent solas to obtain accessv4 to .the cards which depend withinthe housing'from-:thei pivots 12. .The `setsof.cardsllgarejthus.normally` enclosed `within thev `housing.and 70 concealedby the front10b`thereof. f' Tofexjhz 'v hibit' any required price signitis only.neces- 4 f f i sary' to swing vupwardfthe cards bearingthe properfigures from eachfsetso thatthiese` cards extend upwardgfrgm theirpivots "and ,ll-'5 j` with-'the housing extension' lO'azas abackground.This housing extension 'is provided with suitable marks Ato be read inconjunci tion withtheaiigures exhibited.' These marks may consist ofadollar'signatthe `left side :S0

as indicated'at137 and one or lmore decimal .f point marks two.' ofthesebeingishown asindicated; at 14,' while adj acent the-right handside a mark'l.. indicating'cents .mayfiliel placed.' This fcentsmark is"illust'rativelye5y y shown as in: juxtapositionltothe` thirdset" ofcards,`the advantage of this being .that

ywhen a price in cents'; only is exhibited7 ile. v. v

consisting of two 'figures it will be syinnietricallyplaced'interinediate .the ends*` of the 90 device.y For vcoiicealingallof these iiuirksl on the extension back 10a except those fre-5x) lquired'in eachparticular case,1 provide a series of L-fshutters 16pivoted'to the respective` pivots 12 and adapted to be swung `9 5` up tocover'the several `marksg'or downwar to exhibit them selectively asrequired. `My I invention also comprehjends a special holder for thehousing body 1Q adapted to keep the housing with its cards normallyupright and 10() `also frictionally and detachably heldin as-l` sembledrelation; :For this purpose/ly pro-w` vide a' holder base 17-with acurved or part 1. y

cylindrical bottom surface;` This baseh'as a socket 17a formed in itsvupper sidev`v from v10.5 which cheek plates-18 extendupwardlyinA spacedapart relation. y These cheekplates are approximately parallel' and theymaybe made of sheet metal IorA other material ex hibitinga springproperty. The housing 10y 11o is ladapted to be vpressedbetween theseplates is to. 'be nationally han thereby.- frhs i lisa/ies holder basel? is ol relatively heavy coii struction While the housing lOwith itscards is relatively flight, and thus the base 17 will normally hold theexhibitor upright, and iil it should be displacedY casually@l as oftenhappens as a clerk reaches for goods,

it will et once right itself and return the ysign to upright position.lt will be understood that the sets of cards ll and the t. shutters 16,being of relatively light stock may be held trictionally on their pivotsl2 in adjustedposition, though it is Within the contemplation oi:kr theinvention to provide suitable nieans for holding the cards as they areplaced when desired. In this as Well as other particulars the presentembodiment is understood to be nierely illustrative and not restrictive,reference being had to the appended clainis rather than to the foregoingdescription to indicate the scope of the invention. f

Having. described my invention, what l claiin as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l; A rice exhibitor or the like comprising.

a housing having pivotally inounted therein a plurality of sets of cardswith provision whereby selective ones of the cards of each of said setsin'ay beinoved to an exhibiting position or concealed at Will, thearrangement of said cards being such that When selected ones oildie'rent sets thereoil are inovedi to exhibiting position they eachpresent component part-s of a unitary indicia to denote a price or thelike.

2. A price exhibitor or the like comprising 'a housin ",havinoa aoluralit of sets of cards pivoted thereon with each setr upon a' sepa-3. A price exhibitor comprising a'. housing with'froiit and back sidesand with its back provided with an extension? and ay plurality of setsof cards Aeach bearing acomponent part of a composite price indicia,mounted with each seton la separate pivot borne bythe back of saidhousing nrinally -in a concealed r position but capable of havingselected cards of each set sivung into exhibiting position against theback extension of the housing, wherebyy the cards in exhibiting positiontogether display a desired price mark.

t. A pricer exhibitor comprising ahousing With front and back sides, andwith its back provided Withan'upward extension, and a plurality of setsoi cards each bearing a price indicia mounted on separate pivots borneby the back of said` housing,I normally depending therein. but capableof being swung'upvve'rdly into exhibiting posit/ion,` the beck oil saidhousing bea-ring' markings to be read With the indicia on said cards andequipped With ineans 'for selectively concealing such markings. i f

ln testimony whereof,e have signed my ynaine to this specii'ica-tion.

Liivvis s. nonenoii.

